Community and Belonging

The Schieffer Committee for Community and Belonging is charged with the following duties:

• To engage in discussion regarding what connection and belonging mean and manifest for the Schieffer College.
• To create a culture of belonging among students, faculty, and staff across the college.
• To celebrate diversity of thought, perspectives and lived experiences.
• To highlight research that intersects with concepts of belonging and community and explores underserved and marginalized populations.
• To promote conversations across the college that amplify unique lived experiences of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and industry professionals.
• To encourage efforts to mentor and support students outside of predominant power circles.

Committee Members

Committee members Julie O’Neil, Ashley English, Jordan Hamon, Jordan Schonig, Janice McCall and Duke Greenhill

The student committee members for 2024-25 are (from left to right) Clayton Chiariello, journalism undergraduate student; Emma Carrillo, strategic communication graduate student; and Jackson Kaiser, communication studies undergraduate student.